• Thumbnail for Courts of Scotland
    The courts of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirtean na h-Alba) are responsible for administration of justice in Scotland, under statutory, common law and...
    34 KB (4,019 words) - 12:01, 6 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of courts in Scotland
    The courts of Scotland are part of the Scottish legal system. Each court has its own jurisdiction and in many cases, a right of appeal lies from one to...
    7 KB (839 words) - 23:04, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scots law
    Scots law (redirect from Law of Scotland)
    sheriff courts, rather than magistrates' courts or Crown Court as in England and Wales. The High Court of Justiciary is Scotland’s supreme criminal court and...
    51 KB (5,973 words) - 07:28, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service
    administration of the courts and tribunals of Scotland. The Service is led by a board which is chaired by the Lord President of the Court of Session, and...
    13 KB (1,122 words) - 14:44, 4 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Scotland
    Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
    269 KB (24,466 words) - 01:04, 9 October 2024
  • Admiralty courts, also known as maritime courts, are courts exercising jurisdiction over all maritime contracts, torts, injuries, and offenses. The Scottish court's...
    18 KB (1,705 words) - 20:28, 16 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for High Court of Justiciary
    courts in Scotland: regulations can be made for the High Court, sheriff courts (summary and solemn procedures), and the justice of the peace courts....
    67 KB (6,901 words) - 08:30, 24 July 2024
  • Scottish court may refer to: Courts of Scotland, Scottish courts of law Royal Court of Scotland, the court of the Kingdom of Scotland This disambiguation...
    164 bytes (55 words) - 01:48, 30 December 2019
  • Thumbnail for Court of Session
    Court. The Court of Session and the local sheriff courts of Scotland have concurrent jurisdiction for all cases with a monetary value in excess of £100,000;...
    67 KB (6,920 words) - 18:51, 28 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Subdivisions of Scotland
    (Scotland) Act 1997 of being known (but not re-designated) as a "comhairle" when opting for a Gaelic name; only Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Council of the...
    36 KB (1,064 words) - 18:35, 7 September 2024
  • administration of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and for directing their associated staff. Federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States...
    8 KB (843 words) - 22:24, 26 August 2024
  • The Courts of England and Wales, supported administratively by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service, are the civil and criminal courts responsible...
    31 KB (3,753 words) - 10:11, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for District court (Scotland)
    peace courts, which are administered by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service and subject to the authority of the Lord President of the Court of Session...
    11 KB (1,062 words) - 08:31, 4 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Court of equity
    Congress did for federal courts. United States bankruptcy courts serve as an example of a US federal court that operates as a court of equity. A few common...
    39 KB (4,514 words) - 21:10, 4 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sheriff court
    point of law to the High Court of Justiciary. The Courts are staffed by civil servants who are employed by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service which...
    18 KB (1,808 words) - 23:30, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Court of the Lord Lyon
    The Court of the Lord Lyon, or Lyon Court, is a standing court of law, based in New Register House in Edinburgh, which regulates heraldry in Scotland. The...
    34 KB (2,720 words) - 20:23, 8 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Parliament House, Edinburgh
    (Scottish Gaelic: Taigh na Pàrlamaid), located in the Old Town in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a complex of several buildings housing the Supreme Courts of...
    22 KB (2,046 words) - 16:23, 18 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scottish Court in the Netherlands
    The Scottish court in the Netherlands was a special sitting of the High Court of Justiciary set up under Scots law in a former United States Air Force...
    8 KB (618 words) - 11:14, 13 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Judiciaries of the United Kingdom
    Courts of Scotland / Judiciary of Scotland Courts of Northern Ireland / Judiciary of Northern Ireland Law of the United Kingdom Election court English law...
    7 KB (781 words) - 01:57, 9 August 2024
  • towns were granted burghs or royal burgh status by Scottish kings, including by David I of Scotland and William the Lion. City status has later been granted...
    25 KB (1,636 words) - 07:05, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flag of Scotland
    flag of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: bratach na h-Alba; Scots: Banner o Scotland, also known as St Andrew's Cross or the Saltire) is the national flag of Scotland...
    63 KB (6,431 words) - 08:16, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Shires of Scotland
    Shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties), or Counties of Scotland, were historic subdivisions of Scotland. Originally...
    33 KB (2,993 words) - 15:16, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for College of Justice
    College of Justice (Scottish Gaelic: Colaiste a' Cheartais) includes the Supreme Courts of Scotland, and its associated bodies. The constituent bodies of the...
    9 KB (790 words) - 13:22, 27 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Court of Exchequer (Scotland)
    The Court of Exchequer was formerly a distinct part of the court system of Scotland, with responsibility for administration of government revenue and jurisdiction...
    8 KB (872 words) - 03:15, 5 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Church of Scotland
    The Church of Scotland (CoS; Scots: The Kirk o Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais na h-Alba) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds...
    76 KB (8,131 words) - 07:24, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Royal Banner of Scotland
    The Royal Banner of the Royal Arms of Scotland, also known as the Royal Banner of Scotland, or more commonly the Lion Rampant of Scotland, and historically...
    27 KB (2,652 words) - 03:05, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Royal Court of Scotland
    The Royal Court of Scotland was the administrative, political and artistic centre of the Kingdom of Scotland. It emerged in the tenth century and continued...
    61 KB (8,331 words) - 23:10, 31 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geography of Scotland
    The geography of Scotland is varied, from rural lowlands to unspoilt uplands, and from large cities to sparsely inhabited islands. Located in Northern...
    58 KB (5,854 words) - 20:48, 28 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for First Minister of Scotland
    first minister of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: prìomh mhinistear na h-Alba, [ˈpʰrʲiəv ˈvinɪʃtʲɛr nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]; Scots: Heid Meinister o Scotland), formally...
    47 KB (4,359 words) - 11:41, 6 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Languages of Scotland
    The languages of Scotland belong predominantly to the Germanic and Celtic language families. The main language now spoken in Scotland is English, while...
    34 KB (3,624 words) - 20:36, 6 October 2024